Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 338

It was already late at night when the messenger of the prime minister entered Xiapi.

After Liu Bei heard about it, he put on his clothes and got up to meet him in the study, and immediately ordered Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to be summoned.

The three brothers stayed in the county government office together, but they were not far away.

Hearing the news of Jiang Tao's defeat, Liu Bei's heart skipped a beat.

"Dangerous!"

At this time, Liu Bei looked calm on the surface, but his hair was standing on end, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

He didn't even think about sending reinforcements because it was too late!

How rich his combat experience is, after a little thought after asking the whole story, he realized that the enemy did not launch a formal offensive against the Prime Minister because they were worried that Xiapi's reinforcements would attack from behind at a critical moment.

Therefore, the opponent would rather waste time, and first solve the reinforcements that may appear in Xiapi!
Once it is resolved, there will be no more time for Xia Pi and Xia Xiang to react, no matter how much the price is paid, they will choose to win Xia Xiang during this time!

As for this army, Liu Bei finally learned from the messenger that it turned out to be the defeated soldier of Yuan Shu who was defeated and scattered.

What a king!
This is from the very beginning, he used the main force of the Heavenly Army to drag his troops and attention, and wanted to rely on this group of people to capture Xiaxiang.

Liu Bei regretted it very much, why did his family forget the third force in Xuzhou?

Even a defeated general has courage to spare.

It’s just that it’s too late to regret at this time, and I don’t even have the time to pay attention to the appearance. After letting the messenger go down to rest, Liu Bei pondered there for a while, looked up at Guan Yu, and when Zhang Fei couldn’t help but smiled wryly, and sighed: "Without the Prime Minister, Xiapi has become a lonely city,"

"Second brother, third brother, this is really bad."

"Brother, don't worry." Zhang Fei personally pulled over the map, spread it on the case, and comforted him: "There is no unparalleled road, let's take a closer look."

"What the third brother said is very true." Guan Yu also comforted him. He gathered around and stared at the map for a long time. It can echo Tancheng in the north and connect Xiangben to form a line, even if Kong Rong in Beihai received a letter from his elder brother before and sent troops to help, he would be turned away and it would be difficult to enter."

"Now we are enemies on all sides, and we are surrounded." Guan Yu said: "At this moment, brother, we can no longer stick to Xiapi!"

"If you don't open a path, you will lose this battle!"

"But when Jiang Tao left the city before, he took away another three thousand soldiers and horses. Now, if he wants to break out of the encirclement and open the road, wouldn't it be necessary to divide the troops?" While Liu Bei was silent, Zhang Fei hesitated: "Second brother, this time It's quite an adventure."

"If you don't take extraordinary risks, how can we break this dangerous situation!" Guan Yu raised his eyebrows and said decisively: "Now the king thief also has three evils!"

"Which three evils?" Liu Bei and Zhang Fei asked in unison.

"Xiang Ben, minister, take care, Tancheng, the four cities in all directions, are all newly acquired by the king's thief, and their foothold is not stable, this is one of them."

"Although the prime minister is lost, the luck in the misfortune is that the previous food reserves have been transferred to Xiapi, and the shortage of our food and grass has been relieved. On the contrary," Guan Yu paused for a moment, and said with a sneer: "The king thief If you attack rashly, you will not have much food and grass to carry with the army, and now Xinde is an empty city, although there are many troops, there is also the danger of food shortages, the longer it takes, the more troublesome it will be, the second is the other."

"Thirdly, our army won a great victory not long ago, and now the morale is at its peak. Not to mention the soldiers and horses of the king's bandit headquarters, Yuan's army is vulnerable. At this time, people's hearts are not in harmony. This is the third."

"That's why Yu thinks that it looks like a dangerous situation at this time, but it is not a dead situation. But if we are trapped in it and do nothing, time will be wasted." Guan Yu said solemnly: "Let the enemy solve all these problems, and it's time to relax. It will become a real place to die!"

"What Yun Chang said is true." Liu Bei pondered for a long time, deeply convinced, then nodded and asked: "Then, if we want to break out of the siege, which side should we attack?"

"Is it attacking the prime minister in the east, or Tancheng and Xiangben in the north, or is it a matter of attacking in the southwest?"

"Brother, these places are not good enough." Guan Yu shook his head, approached several cases, and pointed at a certain place on the map: "If you want to attack, you need to go directly to this city!"

"It is even more necessary to break the boat and attack with all our strength, so as to achieve a quick victory, quick victory!"

Attack here?
Staring at the road on the map, Liu Bei and Zhang Fei looked at each other, greatly surprised, and Zhang Fei couldn't help shouting: "If we attack here, it will indeed surprise that Li Zi, but if we follow the words of the second brother, we will not only conquer In this city, we want to win quickly, which means that there must be more soldiers and horses, if Wang Zheng takes the opportunity to attack Xiapi, what should we do?"

"With the elder brother and the third younger brother here, even if thousands of troops are left behind, even if the king's bandits come to attack, it will be difficult to get off quickly." Guan Yu's face showed pride: "And this city."

"I'll do it myself. I only need two thousand pieces, and I can play it in five days!"

"Five days?" Liu Bei was stunned, a little unconvinced: "Yun Chang must not be careless, there must be bandits staying in this city, and now we don't know how many defenders are there, how can that be?"

"The main forces of the royal government are all under the city, and the defenders in the cities are no more than a few thousand!" Guan Yu snorted coldly: "The so-called five days, two days of advance, one day cleared the strongholds outside the city, and then besieged the city. There is a city, but there is no city without wilderness. It is not difficult to pull out such a small city in one day, and it is enough to leave it for rectification in the remaining day."

"If Wang Zheng hears about this," Liu Bei asked again, "Will you send troops to help?"

"That's exactly what I want!"

Guan Yu smiled slightly: "Thieves can besiege the city and fight for aid, why can't we?"

"There is no room for loss in Xiapi, big brother, of course we can't take the initiative to ask for field battles, but if we change places." At this point, Guan Yu raised his head to the west, looking at all directions:
"Someone also wants to try the blade with the head of a thief!"

Pengcheng State, Wuyuan.

These days, Zhang Rao has often heard about Wang Zheng's attack on Donghai, Xiapi, and Lianke several cities. With the news of success, he is in a good mood.

This time, I heard from the messenger that when Wang Zheng's army besieged Xiapi, there were some changes in the east side Xiapi, so I wasn't surprised at all.

General Tiangong's siege has always been this style.

First take out the surrounding area and make it an isolated city. After the hearts of the people are depressed, then attack with all your strength.
"Who is leading the army this time?" He asked calmly, but he was a little envious in his heart.

"This villain doesn't know." The messenger was startled, thought for a while and said, "But before we set off, I didn't see Major Wu in the camp for a few days."

It's Wu Sheng again!

This name turned Zhang Rao's envy into jealousy. If it is said that Wang Zheng's closest friends are Xu Fang and Wu Sheng, but in comparison, Xu Fang is quite magnanimous and capable, and Zhang Rao admires him. However, Zhang Rao felt a little disdainful in his heart.

"By the way, Major." The messenger turned the topic to the real thing: "The general has an order, Liu Bei's army will become a trapped beast, and there are only two choices: defending or breaking out."

"Therefore, the generals guarding the main roads of all the gates need to pay attention to their surroundings and guard against any changes."

"The general should be cautious, this should be reasonable." Zhang Rao listened intently to Wan's messenger relaying Wang Zheng's instructions, and immediately said solemnly: "Let's report back to the general, I will be careful, and there will be no mistakes on Wuyuan's side!"

After the messenger left, some of the generals laughed and said, "Commander Qu, if Liu Bei's army really breaks out of the siege and chooses our route, that would be a good thing."

These people are all Zhang Rao's old ministries for many years, and when there are no outsiders present, they speak very casually, and even more humanely said: "If you want to go to Wuyuan from Xiapi, you must cross the Longya River (the flow of the Huaihe River, north of Xiapi). Let's send a horse." Far away, if Liu Bei's army chooses this route to break through, they can line up on the riverside and attack them halfway!"

"Wonderful!"

All the generals agreed.

Zhang Rao shook his head, he had his own plan in mind, but he couldn't tell others.He said: "The general told me before he left that Wuyuan is the gateway to the northeast of Pengcheng, and there is no room for loss. No matter whether Liu Beijun chooses this route to break through, let's defend the city well, and don't attack rashly!"

"If there is a defeat, it's not beautiful, but" Zhang Rao sneered at this point: "If he breaks through, he will be a remnant and defeated. It is nothing to worry about, and I am afraid he will not dare to come to our side. If he Liu Xuande wants to run away , I'm afraid they are also fleeing to Qingzhou, and Xiangben is more likely."

"The general sent someone to remind us, but it's just to be prepared."

Hearing this, the generals couldn't help but show disappointment.

If in the past, the yellow turban bandits were defeated every time they encountered an official army, then naturally no one likes to fight and is willing to fight.

But now under Wang Zheng's command, with victories in successive battles, every battle represents military merit, honor, and even fame and fortune.

Under such circumstances, for the generals in the Heavenly Army, defending the city has become a task of hard work and no merit.

At the end of June, the summer suddenly became foggy.

The mountains and forests near and far are blurred, and the white fog is boundless.

The military camp outside Xiapi City.

When it was daylight, Wang Zheng had already woken up, stepped out of the commander's tent, and looked around.

The eyes are full of steaming fog.

Three or two steps away, the silhouettes are the conscientious soldiers sticking to their posts, but their figures are obscured by the mist. If it weren't for the guns that appear and disappear from time to time, it would be difficult to get in touch with the surrounding vegetation if they were motionless. , flags to differentiate.

At this time, a person approached not far away. The sky was not clear at this time, and in the overwhelming fog, the dizzy light was useless to make up for it. Thanks to Wang Zheng's extraordinary physique, he looked up and saw the person clearly .

But it was not one, but Yu Jin, Pan Zhang and others. It can even be said that except for Xu Fang, all the generals in the battalion gathered together at this time.

Seeing them wandering around in the fog for a long time, Wang Zheng couldn't help but find it funny.

This is not just because of the fog, but because yesterday he received the good news from the next generation. Overjoyed, Wang Zheng held a banquet. There are not many soldiers in this world who are not good at drinking. Everyone drank to their heart's content, and it was obvious that they were hungover at this time.

After a while, the generals seemed to be feeling their way, but hesitated in place uncertainly.

"Ben will be here." At this moment, Wang Zheng spoke.

Qinglang's call became a guiding light, and now everyone rushed over, and Yu Jin took the lead and said: "General, wake up, the general is still worried that you are still resting."

As he spoke, he muttered again: "This Xuzhou is really weird, there is such a thick fog in June."

As a northern mountain native from Taishan County, it is really difficult to understand the heavy fog in summer.

"This place is close to the sea and has many rivers, which is normal." Wang Zheng explained with a smile. Although foggy weather is more common in autumn and winter, the main conditions for its formation are temperature and humidity, but it does not necessarily have to be cold.

Especially the higher the temperature of the air, the more water vapor it can actually hold. Once there is a slight change in temperature and temperature, part of the water vapor in the air will condense out and become many small water droplets, suspended in the air layer near the ground. Fog formed.

The so-called fog can actually be said to be clouds that are closer to the ground.

Since it is a cloud, naturally there is no limitation of seasons.

The people who spoke this piece of theory were stunned. Although they half-believed, but since General Tiangong said so, they must have no choice but to agree.

"No matter what." Pan Zhang couldn't help complaining, and said, "The weather was so good yesterday, but today it's foggy, and there are no people on the other side."

The battle situation is at a critical moment, especially under another big victory, when it is time to race against time and pursue the victory, there is suddenly a fog, which is really not fair.

And the key is that Wang Zheng is now the side that is attacking the city. Unlike Liu Bei who is defending the city, they can only attack on their own initiative, from the outside to the inside, and from the bottom to the top. Fog and unclear vision have become a great disadvantage.

Wang Zheng looked around, in fact, when he got up and saw the smog, he was also anxious, but it was inconvenient to show it in front of everyone, instead he smiled and called everyone inside to talk.

Everyone entered the tent and took their seats, and his own soldiers brought tea and water. Wang Zheng picked up the tea bowl, took a sip, and said slowly: "There is no rush to attack the city. Since the incident with me, brothers have been fighting again and again. It has been a lot of hard work." It’s okay to rest for a few more days under the city of Xiapi.”

"Once Xiapi is removed, Xuzhou will be in the hands of the general." Yu Jinjian said: "Besides, Liu Xuande is very human. The general always feels that it is always good to capture him early."

What he said made sense, the more the generals valued Liu Bei, the more gratified he would be, as long as there is no problem with his attitude, from the perspective of the situation, it is only a matter of time before the advantage turns into a victory.

Naturally, Wang Zheng will never take Liu Bei lightly, but he is worried that the generals will carelessly underestimate the enemy. cons.

"I have a suggestion at the end," Pan Zhang cupped his hands and said at this time, "I don't know if I should say it or not."

"What should I say about my brother?" Wang Zheng glanced at him, waved his hands and said with a smile: "Wen Gui, come quickly."

"As the general expected, Xiapi is now an isolated city, and it will be a matter of time before it is taken down, but now that there is heavy fog, it is an opportunity!" Pan Zhang said: "There is a saying in the military book, when it is rainy and foggy, it is not good to defend. War, the final general thought that Liu Beifang must have the same idea!"

"It's just like when the general attacked Linzi in the past, the heavy rain turned into drinking all day, helping our army!"

"Now we can do the opposite again. With our elite heavenly army, the fog has little effect, but the defenders' vision is obstructed, and no matter whether they throw stones or bows, they miss their aim!"

"We are taking the opportunity to attack with all our strength, or we may have a chance to conquer in one fell swoop!"

(End of this chapter)